The Committee on Ways and Means proposes the following Amendment No. to H. 3247 (COUNCIL\DG\3247C001.AR.DG22):

Reference is to the bill as introduced.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTIONS 2 and 3 and inserting:

/ SECTION2 . Section 12-6-1171(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

" (A)(1)An individual taxpayer who has may deduct all military retirement income, each year may deduct an amount of his South Carolina earned income from South Carolina taxable income equal to the amount of military retirement income that is included in South Carolina taxable income, not to exceed seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. In the case of married taxpayers who file a joint federal income tax return, the deduction allowed by this section shall be calculated separately as though they had not filed a joint return, so that each individual's deduction is based on the same individual's retirement income and earned income. For purposes of this item, 'South Carolina earned income' has the same meaning as provided in Section 12-6-3330.

(2) Notwithstanding item (1), beginning in the year in which an individual taxpayer reaches age sixty-five, an individual taxpayer who has military retirement income may deduct up to thirty thousand dollars of military retirement income that is included in South Carolina taxable income."

SECTION 3.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and first applies to tax years beginning after 2021./